DOJ Charges 15 in $90 Million Minnesota Fraud Schemes

‘This is the beginning of our work in Minnesota,’ Colin McDonald, assistant attorney general for the National Fraud Enforcement Division, says.

Colin McDonald listens during opening remarks at a Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 25, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Criminal charges have been filed against 15 accused fraudsters in Minnesota, involving more than $90 million in taxpayers’ dollars, federal officials announced on May 21 at a news conference in Minneapolis.

“This is the beginning of our work in Minnesota,” Colin McDonald, assistant attorney general for the National Fraud Enforcement Division, said.